Michelle Griego

Michelle Griego joined KPIX 5 in March 2012 as co-anchor of KPIX 5 News This Morning, and can be seen weekday mornings from 4:30 -7am, and on KPIX 5 News at Noon. She also hosts Bay Area Focus, a locally produced talk show that airs Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. on the CW 44 Cable 12.

Michelle likes to be in the forefront of news. She’s covered the mass shooting at the Aurora movie theater; broadcast from New Orleans when the San Francisco 49ers went to the Super Bowl, the opening of the Bay Bridge and the SF Giants World Series Victory parade.

Before moving to the Bay Area, Michelle worked at CBS4 in Denver since 2005. Her favorite live shots include breaking news or “being knee-high in snow”. The Colorado native started her career in journalism at the tender age of 11 where she co-anchored a kids’ news show, “Two Bits” for KWGN-TV for 2 ½ years.

Michelle attended Colorado State University and Metropolitan State College where she was News Director of the campus television station.

She was honored with an Emmy in 2014 for anchoring KPIX 5 at 6 AM.

When she’s not working, Michelle enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters.

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